1980s Metro up for £250k
STAR CAR Rally-spec Metro A RARE MG Metro rally car stored for more than 30 years in pristine condition is set to sell for £250,000.
The white model, built in 1985, boasts 250bhp and is one of just 200 roadgoing versions ever made.
It was garaged from new and has just seven miles on the clock.
Warwickshire-based Silverstone Auctions said: “This is the closest you will probably get to owning a virtually new and unregistered car of this type.” TWO doctors and two paramedics rejected a mother’s fears that her son had meningitis just hours before he died, an inquest heard yesterday.
Georgie Hall, 38, claims paramedic Graham Scott accused son Oliver, six, of trying to “milk” his illness when he appeared to trip and asked if she had “googled” the symptoms.
While Oliver was being seen by GPs, Mr Scott allegedly said he spent much of his time dealing with “overanxious” mums.
The doctors said it was safe to send him home but less than 12 hours later he died of mening itis.
Teacher Georgie CONCERNS told the inquest the GPs “didn’t seem to look” at the rash. She said Mr Scott kept interrupting the doctors, trying to persuade them her son was “fine”. Georgie said: “They assured me he was well enough to return home. They rejected meningitis out of hand. I was told everything was fine and made to feel I had to trust the professionals.” Oliver’s dad, teacher Bryan Hall, said the couple had received paediatric training through work. He said Oliver had been ill “in a way he had never been ill before”, adding: “We both suspected meningitis. We were made to feel we did not know what we were talking about.”
Georgie, who is seven months pregnant and also mum to Charlie, five, said Oliver had a sore head and jaw on the evening of October 22, 2017.
By the following morning he had a stomach ache and a high temperature but no GP appointment was available until 3.50pm.
When a rash appeared and his breathing became laboured she rang NHS 111.
A call handler ordered an ambulance and Mr Scott and Oliver Denby arrived at the home in Halesworth, Suffolk. Mr Denby told the inquest in Ipswich, Suffolk:
“His mum raised concerns about rashes, we did a glass test. One came across as a trauma injury.”
They took him to see Dr Lester Braganza and Dr Robert Treen, who sent Oliver home. At 6.20pm Georgie returned to the GP surgery where Dr Treen said the rash was “typical” of meningitis and administered penicillin.
The Halls drove Oliver to hospital where he went into cardiac arrest and died early on October 24.
Prof Nigel Klein, of Great Ormond Street Hospital, said he could have survived if he had been treated earlier.
Mr Scott is due to give evidence today.
They assured me he was well enough to go home
GEORGIE HALL ON PROFESSIONALS’ ADVICE